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Originally posted by Johnny 3eagles:
Of major concern to me is how quickly and completely the police/LEO became Jackbooted thugs.

Could it happen here?

It’s already happening here. The FBI is dead to me and when one weaponizes the IRS to hound his enemies, I’d say we’ve been down that path for a while.

Reminds me of the Book of Revelation, where people cannot buy or sell without the mark of the beast. . .

Really, this shows even a 'democratic' govt can simply remove the ability of any citizen to engage in commerce on a simple whim. Their crime? DISAGREEING with their elected officials.

I don't think even George Orwell saw this coming.

It will only get worse as good cops from every corner of the country are targeted and weeded out and replaced by people that value job security over integrity.

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Banishment from the Financial System: the War on Dissent

Watched the entire video, thanks for posting WCB. Very, very scary. Tech is turning into a very large problem everywhere

What a great video thanks for sharing. I knew this but complete forgot about it. When we talk about Canada seizing and freezing accounts, it’s actually private business knuckling over to government pressure. Not one financial entity said screw you take us to court. When we all think it wouldn’t happen here, well it already has. When the trucks start moving to DC what do you think will happen? They are already putting up fences.

Human beings are social animals and most progress in all areas of human activity has been due to our cooperation with one another. And cooperation means “go along to get along.” It’s not only mob mentality that convinces people to do things like harm their fellows, and there are countless historical accounts of people doing that from Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland by Christopher Browning to how civil rights demonstrators were treated in this country.





The FBI’s actions against the KKK were fine because the target was the KKK, but not so fine when they turned their attentions elsewhere.

I don’t point this out as a way of defending what some police do, but to warn that it’s basic human nature that allows them to do it. There’s nothing new about it and no reason it can’t spread anywhere when conditions make it possible. Some people in law enforcement say, “I’d never do that!” and good for them but actions matter more than words, and the actions now and in the past are clear to see.

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Originally posted by Hound Dog:
Reminds me of the Book of Revelation, where people cannot buy or sell without the mark of the beast. . .

Really, this shows even a 'democratic' govt can simply remove the ability of any citizen to engage in commerce on a simple whim. Their crime? DISAGREEING with their elected officials.

I don't think even George Orwell saw this coming.

Maajid Nawaz spoke in regards to this on Joe Rogan recently (very good episode; I recommend it). He talked about governments looking not only to implement a digital only currency, but a programmable digital currency where the state, your job, those in authority can put restrictions on what you can or how much can buy with your digital dollars. And he's not just spouting nonsense. He had the receipts as they say. Video and quotes of government officials wanting this.

Cash, folks. Fight for it. Don't roll over and simply allow a digital currency run society. It's terrifying to me to imagine such a world.

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Originally posted by Hound Dog:
Reminds me of the Book of Revelation, where people cannot buy or sell without the mark of the beast. . .

I've been quoting Revelation 13:16-17 for about a year now. Very fitting, indeed...

16 It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, 17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
Don't roll over and simply allow a digital currency run society.

I agree with you completely. I have a number of Hills Brothers coffee cans buried around my property.

The reality is, though, we've essentially already gone digital. How many people pay with cash anymore? I'd venture to say that >95% of all retail transactions are debit/credit card. People don't even see their money these days...it's just a number on a computer screen.

How easy would it be to regulate that? A few key strokes and it's done.

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Originally posted by sigfreund:
It’s not only mob mentality that convinces people to do things like harm their fellows, and there are countless historical accounts of people doing that from Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland by Christopher Browning to how civil rights demonstrators were treated in this country.

Good (and deeply disturbing) book.

Another one is "Into That Darkness" by Gitta Sereny. She interviewed Franz Stangle, the Commandant of a death camp in WWII Poland who was waiting for his death sentence to be carried out. He started his career as a good man and conscientious police officer in Austria. As time went on, he went along with the Nazis, justifying it by saying he had to in order to keep his job and provide for his family (he did have a point here, at first, as nobody knew how far the Nazis would eventually go).

However, he kept going down that slippery slope and allowed himself to be corrupted and do unspeakable things (he said something inside of him broke when he renounced his Catholic faith in order to keep his job). A key aspect of his trial was that he was accused of shooting a Jew at the camp. I actually believe him when he denied this. He said he was there to provide security for the money and wealth 'acquired' from the victims (he defaulted to his cop mentality). He said he never personally killed anybody. He just ran the camp.

Now, this is CLEARLY splitting hairs, but I think he said this to justify his actions. He just ran the camp. The guards just followed orders. NO ONE in that camp was truly 'guilty' of murdering 250,000 to a million men, women, and children. It was ALL Hitler's and Himmler's faults.

I see similarities in this totalitarian crap we see today. Canadian police violating rights of peaceful protestors. Police in Louisiana confiscating legally-owned firearms during the hirricane aftermath. Entire people classes de-humanized and marginalized (for having 'unacceptable opinions').

We aren't at Auschwitz yet, but there are similarities. . .

The fight for Canada’s freedom continues despite what Justin Trudeau and the legislature have done by approving the Emergencies Act to continue. The Liberal government won the vote 185-151 with the support of the New Democratic Party.

Canadian psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson took to social media to remind Canadians of what the Emergencies Act was intended to do and to ask them if they believe the Trudeau regime is using it for that purpose.

“Canadians, you have no idea what was done today in the name of — what? Safety? Punishment? What’s the rationale, even hypothetically? The Emergency Act was reserved for events that threatened the very existence of the state. If you think that current events qualify, think again.”
- Dr. Jordan Peterson
https://noqreport.com/2022/02/...e-to-them-yesterday/

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Originally posted by Johnny 3eagles:
Of major concern to me is how quickly and completely the police/LEO became Jackbooted thugs.

Could it happen here?

It’s already happening here. The FBI is dead to me and when one weaponizes the IRS to hound his enemies, I’d say we’ve been down that path for a while.

Anybody who thinks that the cops or the military won't turn on you hasn't been paying attention.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:

The reality is, though, we've essentially already gone digital. How many people pay with cash anymore? I'd venture to say that >95% of all retail transactions are debit/credit card. People don't even see their money these days...it's just a number on a computer screen.

Irrelevant. I pay with my credit card 95% of the time. I also always have a minimum $1,000 cash on me and try to keep a few thousand in the safe. Not allowing the option to have and pay with cash is a recipe for disaster. Just wait until banks start charging a negative interest rate...

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Americans owe much to these Canadians who have brought all of this to light.

Parabellum said a mouthful there.

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Originally posted by erj_pilot:

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Originally posted by Johnny 3eagles:
Of major concern to me is how quickly and completely the police/LEO became Jackbooted thugs.

Could it happen here?

It’s already happening here. The FBI is dead to me and when one weaponizes the IRS to hound his enemies, I’d say we’ve been down that path for a while.

Anybody who thinks that the cops or the military won't turn on you hasn't been paying attention.

Absolutely correct. Some, a very few, will retire early or resign and follow their consciences but the rest will turn on you in a second. I've had LEO friends for most of my life, got to know them well, and I'm absolutely, positively sure they will, probably because they really don't have much of any other place to go with their skill set.

Also, it you really want to get the chills, read this about the Milgram Experiment:

https://www.simplypsychology.o...%20original%20study).

If the decision comes down to putting food on their family‘a table or violating citizens’ rights, the vast majority of cops will make the decision to eat.

What is wrong with these people?


Canadian Cops Gloat over horse trampling

Leaked text messages show a group of Canadian law enforcement officers allegedly celebrating the moment a grandmother was trampled by mounted police in Ottawa, as well as seemingly gloating about using brutal force against Freedom Convoy protestors.

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Originally posted by navyshooter:
What is wrong with these people?


Canadian Cops Gloat over horse trampling


Leaked text messages show a group of Canadian law enforcement officers allegedly celebrating the moment a grandmother was trampled by mounted police in Ottawa, as well as seemingly gloating about using brutal force against Freedom Convoy protestors.

Have you never before faced evil in your life?


Thugs are thugs; fight crime and shoot back!

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Originally posted by Flash-LB:
Also, it you really want to get the chills, read this about the Milgram Experiment:

https://www.simplypsychology.o...%20original%20study).

Another perfect example of my points.

I shall henceforth refer this Canadian PM as Supreme Chancellor Trudeau because what he's pulled seems eerily similar to this guy:



"It is with great reluctance that I have agreed to this calling. I love democracy. I love the Republic. Once this crisis has abated, I will lay down the powers you have given me!

And as my first act with this new authority, I will create a grand army of the Republic to counter the increasing threats of the Separatists."

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I'll just leave this here.